| Number of Schools Managed |
64 |
3 |
| Number of Students Managed |
33,829 students |
786 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$343,144,000 |
$6,817,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$304,488,000 |
$6,367,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$10,143 |
$8,673 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,001 |
$8,101 |
| District Graduation Rates |
80% |
93% |
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- Theodore Roosevelt High School, usually referred to simply as Roosevelt High School or TRHS, is a secondary school located on the west side of Des Moines, Iowa. It is one of five secondary schools under the district of the Des Moines Public Schools, and was named after the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. The school mascot is the Roughrider, named after Theodore Roosevelt's famous Rough Riders.The construction of the building in which TRHS is housed was initiated in 1922 by Proudfoot, Bird, and Rawson and opened in 1924 with 1,282 students. The final cost to build was $1,331,600. The building's design has won many awards and is considered one of 50 most significant buildings in Iowa by PBS. The building is on both the State and National Register of Historic Places.
- Students
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As of the 2008-2009 school year, there are 1,654 students enrolled at Roosevelt High School.
- Enrollment Figures
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- Curriculum
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The school day is split into seven periods of course instruction. The fifth period being is longer than the other six periods to allow students and staff a chance to take a short lunch break. The school district requires that students take a number of core academic courses in order to graduate and receive a diploma. These include Social Studies, English, Mathematics, Science, Art, and Physical Education. The exact amount of academic credit needed to satisfy graduation requirements is determined by the school district.
- All students are required by Des Moines Public Schools to enroll in four subject courses and a Physical Education course. The school district compels lower-class students to schedule a full day of classes, however, in order to ensure satisfaction with district graduation requirements. Juniors and Seniors have the option of having an "open period" during the first or last period of the school day (Seniors may have open periods during any period). Juniors require parental permission to have an open period.
- The district requires four years of Physical Education. Freshmen and sophomores usually take their P.E. courses at the school. Juniors and Seniors have the option of taking alternative P.E. programs.
- Athletics/ Extra Curricular Activities
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Roosevelt competes as an school in the Iowa High School Athletic Association 4A school. It is a member of the Central Iowa Metro League conference, or CIML, along with all four of the other DMPS high schools and Ottumwa High School. Roosevelt has historically excelled in mens swimming, with coach Carl Munger leading the school to two national championships in the 1920s and 30s. Roosevelt has won the CIML conference swim meet for the past 5 years in a row. Roosevelt won the 2003 girls basketball 4A state championships. The well known Roosevelt Sharks Synchronized Swimming Club performs for an annual pageant, and is the oldest high school synchronized swimming club in the united states, having been around since 1926. Roosevelt's Debate team has been successful in the past, winning the 1999 Lincoln Douglass debate national championship, Billy Strong placing second at the Harvard tournament 2008 in Extemporaneous Speech and 1st at the George Mason Patriot Games in the same year. Also in 2008, Roosevelt won the coveted Schwan's school of Excellence award in debate, placing it among the top ten debate programs in the nation. In 2009 Alex Patch, a Roosevelt Debater won the NFL national championship in Public Forum Debate. Roosevelt Tennis's Charlie Caris has won the singles state championship for three years running.
- Notable alumni
- Chris Eckhardt, one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.
- Lolo Jones ('00), American track and field athlete
- Cloris Leachman, academy award-winning actress. She is a 1987 Roosevelt Hall of Fame inductee.
- Bill Bryson, best-selling author of humorous books on travel, the English language and scientific subject-matters. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2001.
- David Anthony Higgins, actor and comedy writer whose credits include Ellen, Malcolm In The Middle and The Wrong Guy.
- Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Olympic Silver Medalist.
- Steve Higgins, Emmy Award Winning Producer of Saturday Night Live.
- Robert D. Ray, former Governor of the State of Iowa.
- Paul Schell, Notable architect, commissioner, Dean of the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and former mayor of Seattle, Washington (1998-2002).
- John Shors, Award winning author.
- Randy Duncan, Heisman Trophy Runner-up and first overall pick in the 1959 NFL Draft.
- Olan Soule, 1928 graduate—was a noted character actor with hundreds of credits in films, radio, commercials, television and animation.
- Lawrence "Larry" Zox, American painter and printmaker who is classified as an Abstract expressionist, Color Field painter and a Lyrical Abstractionist. Won 1967 Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Jane Skiles O'Dea, Naval aviator, flight instructor and commander. One of the first women Navy pilots and the first female Navy pilot to reach the rank of Captain. TRHS Hall of Fame inductee.
- See also
- Des Moines Public Schools for other schools in the same district.
- Roosevelt High School for other schools by the same name.
- External links
- Des Moines Public Schools Homepage
- Roosevelt High School Homepage
- TRHS Alumni Homepage
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